Description:

Detail of mortgage of plantation and 99 slaves.

Mortgage by widow Evariste Lauve in favour of Gustave S Dufossat.
Evariste Lauve owed Gustave S Dufossat about £600.
To settle the debts, she agreed payment by a mortgage on two properties. In addition she mortgaged 99 slaves.

Recorded in Parish of Iberville on the 6 April 1859, state of Louisiana – Parish of Orleans, USA.

Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.

Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath

Object ID:72.210(detail)